Grilled Red Snapper with Lemon Chive Sauce
35 minutes
This dish has always been my favourite, easy to make and easy to get ingredients. I found it is better to serve it with steam rice.
ELevo
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Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 1 bunch chives
- 3 tomatoes
- 1/2 red chilli
- 5 lemons or limes, juiced
- 1 tablespoon crushed fresh ginger
- 1/4 cup (60ml) sweet soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 1 big red snapper
- salt and sugar, to taste
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:15min ›
Ready in:35min
- Rinse the snapper then put on a plate. Squeeze 1 lemon over it, inside out, each side and leave it for 10 minutes then rinse again.
- In a medium bowl make the sauce by adding the chives, tomatoes and chilli then mix well with the lemon juice, salt and sugar.
- Half cook snapper by shallow frying not more than 1 minute each side; remove straight to the griller.
- In a small bowl, mix sweet soy sauce, butter and ginger. Brush snapper each side with it until slightly brown then repeat brushing and grilling until cooked. Set aside on a serving dish.
- Pour the chive and tomato mixture over it. Serve with pita bread, salad or steam rice.
